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Social Conduct, Learning and Innovation: An Abductive Study of the Dark Side of Agile Software Development
Author(s) -
Annosi Maria Carmela,
Magnusson Mats,
Martini Antonella,
Appio Francesco Paolo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/caim.12172
Subject(s) - agile software development , great rift , agile unified process , knowledge management , control (management) , business , agile usability engineering , order (exchange) , set (abstract data type) , computer science , process management , software development , software , artificial intelligence , software development process , physics , software engineering , finance , astronomy , programming language
Agile methodologies have been adopted by an increasing number of organizations to improve their responsiveness. However, few studies have empirically analysed the effect of Agile on long‐term organizational goals such as learning and innovation. Using an abductive approach, this study examines the relationships between self‐regulated teams' social conduct and their resulting learning and innovation. Results indicate that the time pressure induced by the implementation of Agile impedes team engagement in learning and innovation activities. Time pressure is affected by a set of different control strategies, more specifically concertive, belief, diagnostic and boundary controls, and these need to be adequately addressed in order to minimize the potential dark side of Agile.